Wind Power & Wind Turbines

Inventions that harness the wind have been around for thousands of years. Driven by the need for power and speed, human innovations turned away from dependence on the wind, a power source over which we have little control. After the invention of the combustion engine, wind-powered devices were replaced in all but the most remote [...]

Algonquin power has constructed a 99 megawatt wind farm near the town of St Leon in Manitoba, Canada. This is one of Canada’s biggest windfarms in operation. It can be found 150km southwest of Winnipeg and according to locals, it has brought a lot more attetion and money to the small town in terms of [...]

Wind power can be derived from areas which are not very windy. This makes wind power an attractive option to many people seeking renewable power. Do you have what it takes to generate electricity from wind?

Wind power used to be a major source of energy in old times. Particularly for Sails and Wind mills. today, however, it has a very different application in generating electricity. See what you need to consider when looking at wind power and electricity generation.

No matter where you are in the world – even in the notorious doldrums – you will get some wind.  While the doldrums may not be quite the best place to generate wind electricity, nearly everywhere else in the world has potential to create this clean and sustainable form of electricity generation. How Wind Electricity [...]

  Windmills use the power of the wind to turn blades that turn a shaft within the windmill. The first windmills were thought to be made and used in Persia around 800AD, although some historians believe they could have been in use in 600AD or even earlier.  In the past, windmills have been used for [...]

Recently I took some time off to explore Europe. I was based in Paris and I managed to use the train to cross the entire continent. On my journey I managed to see many amazing things. One thing in particular that I saw, was a wind farm full of wind turbines. The video below was [...]

These days, everyone is looking for a way to generate electricity without resorting to environmentally damaging and unsustainable (or unsafe) methods such as coal or oil fired thermal generation, or (even worse) nuclear generation. Our electricity demands continue to grow, especially now that more and more people are looking to turn away from petrol and [...]

The winds are continually moving across this planet. From the incredibly swift jetstream to the little eddy of wind that ruffles the grass, winds of all speeds and strengths are moving.  With all this energy and motion circulating continually, it seems like a waste not to harness it to cater for some of humanity’s energy [...]

A wind generator is a very specialised type of windmill.  While, to all intents and purposes, it looks like a run-of the-mill windmill of the sort that is used for pumping water, a wind generator is designed for generating electricity for household purposes. Fitting a wind generator to a home if you want to live [...]